The War: 1914-1917

A more detailed examination of this topic is planned for the future. In the meantime, this small collection of images is presented.

The Kaiser Commits Atrocities In Belgium, New York World, 1914, artist unknown

Stereoview: Belgian Refugees Housed in Alexandra Palace

Stereoview: "A Belgian city levelled to the ground by German bombardment"

Stereoview: "the tragegy of Louvain--famous university town [Belgium] destroyed by Germans

Stereoview: With the Belgian Army at the Front (2 views)

Postcards of Mata-Hari, exotic dancer executed by the French in 1917 for espionage (2 versions)

Stereoview: "Germany's dreaded foe in the East" (Japan) (2 views)

German U-Boat Children's Toy, 1915 (2 views)

Stereoview: Inspecting a Pontoon Bridge, France 1916 (2 views)

Postcard of the Cunard Line ships Lusitania & sistership Mauretania	Postcard of Cunard Line ship the Lusitania	Cunard Line Poster featuring the Lusitania	Cunard Travel Warning in New York Herald by German Embassy, May 1, 1915	The San Francisco Chronicle, May 8, 1915
New York Times, May 8, 1915	Superior Telegram, Superior, WI, May 8, 1915	Louisville Courier-Journal, KY, May 13, 1915	New York Tribune, May 14, 1915	"Out of the Depths," New York Sun, 1915, by Oscar Edward Cesare
Poster: "Enlist" (mother & child drowning), by Fred Spear; published by the Boston Committee of Public Safety, June 1915	British Poster: Take Up The Sword of Justice (Lusitania sinking in the background)	Postcard of Lusitania Grave Site, "A Memorial to German Savagery"	Plaque at Lusitania Mass Grave Site, Cobh, Ireland (formerly Queenstown) (2 views)	"Remember The Lusitania" Paperweight

"The Great Wall," Nashville Tennessean, 1915, by Carey Orr	Woodrow Wilson 1916 campaign vehicle with, "Who keeps us out of war?" slogan	"I Dare You to Come Out," Philadelphia North American, 1917, by F.T. Richards	"The Python," Des Moines Register, 1917, by J.N. Darling (Ding)	Zimmerman Telegram, Coded
Zimmerman Telegram, Decoded

Zimmerman Telegram Text: "We intend to begin on the first of February unrestricted submarine warfare. We shall endeavor in spite of this to keep the United States of America neutral. In the event of this not succeeding, we make Mexico a proposal or alliance on the following basis: make war together, make peace together, generous financial support and an understanding on our part that Mexico is to reconquer the lost territory in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. The settlement in detail is left to you. You will inform the President of the above most secretly as soon as the outbreak of war with the United States of America is certain and add the suggestion that he should, on his own initiative, invite Japan to immediate adherence and at the same time mediate between Japan and ourselves. Please call the President's attention to the fact that the ruthless employment of our submarines now offers the prospect of compelling England in a few months to make peace." Signed, ZIMMERMANN.

New York Times Headline with war declaration, 4/3/17

Woodrow Wilson Speech, 1917

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